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Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extension

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Re: Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extension

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Post by tgv »

hansvm wrote: post #16
dotcoma wrote: post #4

Why are people on HN still using Chrome? (or Edge, or Opera…)

Is that a rhetorical question suggesting those people are wrong, or are you asking for, e.g., the technical reasons some software only works with Chrome in the mix?

I'm betting there are a lot of people here using Chrome as their "daily driver".

Re: Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extension

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Post by dotcoma »

tgv wrote: post #21
hansvm wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is that a rhetorical question suggesting those people are wrong, or are you asking for, e.g., the technical reasons some software only works with Chrome in the mix?

I'm betting there are a lot of people here using Chrome as their "daily driver".

To people who like Chrome, or some of its features (I love their bookmarks), I say: try Helium. Or Iridium. Or even Brave.

Re: Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extension

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Post by throwawayqqq11 »

rwmj wrote: post #5

Surprised they still have this page on their site: > https://about.google/company-info/philosophy/ > 1. Focus on the user and all else will follow. > 6. You can make money without doing evil.

Google only moves fast and breaks things that matter.

Their sunsetting of manifest v2 appears fast to me and updating some corporate philosophy has apparently no business impact.

Re: Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extension

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

dotcoma wrote: post #13
partiallypro wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's pretty irrelevant isn't it? Shouldn't all users demand privacy, especially from ads?

All users should demand privacy, but they don’t. Take a look at Firefox’s market share, or Brave’s etc.

Won’t Brave follow Google’s lead on this?

Gecko, WebKit and—hopefully—Ladybird are the true alternatives. I used to think this was too extreme. But the ad vendor dragging ad blockers out of the engine flipped my view.

Re: Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extension

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Post by ggm »

eran- wrote: post #15
ggm wrote: post #2

Does Brave track or does Brave fork on this?

It seems as if they will track it ( https://brave.com/blog/brave-shields-manifest-v3/ ), with an exception for a selected few extensions (AdGuard AdBlocker, NoScript, uBlock Origin, and uMatrix).

The few exceptions being the ones we want. So.. a good outcome.

Re: Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extension

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Post by HerbManic »

Just remember that Google is essentially an advertising company and that they were always going to squeeze this opening closed as soon as they could get away with it.

I do fear for a future were even Firefox ends up caving in. Ladybird browser might be our only hope until something legal comes along to block functionality.

Re: Chrome is looking to permanently drop MV2 extension

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Post by noir_lord »

qilo wrote: post #19
itskamran wrote: post #8

This feels more like a gradual tightening of extension APIs under Manifest V3 than a sudden “kill switch.” uBlock isn’t going away, but its capabilities are definitely being reshaped...

It is a "kill switch" - uBlock Origin will no longer work in Chrome 151 (July 28, 2026).

I'm far more faithful to Ublock Origin than I am any specific browser.

Sadly I don't think that's the general case, I've been on FF for decades but there isn't a universe where I use a browser without UBO at this point.

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